Random Thought of the Day

February 21st, 2023 at 7:24:36 AM permalink
rxwine
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Quote: odiousgambit
how do they stop it?

Creepy to me that the programmer or programmers sought to make it possible for the computer to try to 'reach self realization' as many, many science fiction horror scenarios warn against. Not just 'Terminator' but going way back to the 50s as well


I already have an idea for Sci fi end of humanity movie. Instead of the Terminator style attack on humanity, AI takes an unexpected route to defeat humanity, and brews an onslaught of various killer viruses. Biological viruses are much easier to use, and the machines are immune to them.

Just like in playing Go or Chess, machines are several steps ahead, so we may not even be able to see what they will use in attacks.

We're doomed, don't worry, be happy.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
February 21st, 2023 at 8:29:14 AM permalink
PotPie
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Quote: rxwine
I already have an idea for Sci fi end of humanity movie. Instead of the Terminator style attack on humanity, AI takes an unexpected route to defeat humanity, and brews an onslaught of various killer viruses. Biological viruses are much easier to use, and the machines are immune to them.

Just like in playing Go or Chess, machines are several steps ahead, so we may not even be able to see what they will use in attacks.

We're doomed, don't worry, be happy.



I think humanity will end because of global warming.

Neither party is willing to reign in big business development which is causing this.

By the time they decide they have to do it, it will be too late.

The entire Earth will become a gigantic swimming pool.
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February 22nd, 2023 at 11:09:18 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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Quote: PotPie
I think humanity will end because of global warming.

Neither party is willing to reign in big business development which is causing this.

By the time they decide they have to do it, it will be too late.

The entire Earth will become a gigantic swimming pool.
Boy did you drink the Kool-Aid . In a worst case scenario, the oceans will rise and ecosystems will drastically change. But life, generally, will be doing fine, including humans. Probably, especially humans.
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February 22nd, 2023 at 1:11:37 PM permalink
DRich
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Quote: odiousgambit
Boy did you drink the Kool-Aid . In a worst case scenario, the oceans will rise and ecosystems will drastically change. But life, generally, will be doing fine, including humans. Probably, especially humans.


I am not so sure about that. It is estimated that in 5.5 billion years our Sun will burn out and I think that climate change will end humanity if it is still in existence.
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February 22nd, 2023 at 1:19:09 PM permalink
PotPie
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Quote: odiousgambit
Boy did you drink the Kool-Aid . In a worst case scenario, the oceans will rise and ecosystems will drastically change. But life, generally, will be doing fine, including humans. Probably, especially humans.


Really. Which humans will be doing fine. All humans. Or just some humans.

Humans are not even doing fine now.

Per the link 648 million people, 8% of the world's population live in extreme poverty.

Almost one quarter of the global population lives below what the U.S. defines as the poverty line.

Well, if you want to come back, you can say the World Bank is drinking lots of Kool Aid too.




https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/half-global-population-lives-less-us685-person-day#:~:text=Almost%20a%20quarter%20of%20the,Poverty%20and%20Shared%20Prosperity%20report.


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February 23rd, 2023 at 5:52:33 AM permalink
odiousgambit
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Quote: DRich
I am not so sure about that. It is estimated that in 5.5 billion years our Sun will burn out and I think that climate change will end humanity if it is still in existence.
You changed my mind! Climate Change indeed. The Kool-Aid guzzlers have something else in mind, as you well know. And you will know it even more if all their plans get put into practice on the basis of "Crisis"
Quote: PotPie
Really. Which humans will be doing fine. All humans. Or just some humans.

Humans are not even doing fine now.

Per the link 648 million people, 8% of the world's population live in extreme poverty.

Almost one quarter of the global population lives below what the U.S. defines as the poverty line.

Well, if you want to come back, you can say the World Bank is drinking lots of Kool Aid too.




https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/half-global-population-lives-less-us685-person-day#:~:text=Almost%20a%20quarter%20of%20the,Poverty%20and%20Shared%20Prosperity%20report.


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they are drinking Kool-aid if they try to say poverty will limit populations
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February 23rd, 2023 at 6:16:58 AM permalink
DoubleGold
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Flavor Aid.

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The compound’s “nurses” brought out Flavor Aid (not Kool-Aid as the saying goes), which was mixed with cyanide and valium and began force-feeding to any children who didn’t drink it willingly.

https://groovyhistory.com/jonestown-jim-jones-kool-aid-suicide/10

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February 23rd, 2023 at 6:49:29 AM permalink
PotPie
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Quote: odiousgambit
But life, generally, will be doing fine, including humans. Probably, especially humans.


It's easy for you to say humans will be doing fine; then or now.
You don't live your life in extreme poverty or below what the U.S. defines as the poverty line.

If you did; you would be singing a completely different tune; guaranteed.



"Of all of the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed and well fed."


Herman Melville
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February 23rd, 2023 at 7:21:30 AM permalink
kenarman
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It's easy for you to say humans will be doing fine; then or now.
You don't live your life in extreme poverty or below what the U.S. defines as the poverty line.

If you did; you would be singing a completely different tune; guaranteed.



"Of all of the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed and well fed."


Herman Melville


People living below the "US POVERTY LINE" are not living below the poverty line in their own country.
"but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin
February 23rd, 2023 at 7:30:11 AM permalink
PotPie
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What the consequences of global warming might be depends on what kind of time frame is being referred to.
It might be very different for next 50 years then for the next 400 years.

My OP was meant as hyperbole to make a point, the point being that there is the potential for severe damage, possibly even in the near future.

Obviously, neither I nor anyone else can predict the future, near term or long term with any high degree of accuracy.

The key thing is that as a society we are willing to let giant Corporations have their way, for the most part. They are an extremely powerful part of our political ecosystem.

Those who think that this is a trivial matter or that global warming is not a reality are the ones who have drunken the most Kool Aid.
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